Stuck in a Cubicle.
Cubism, an art movement that became prominent between 1907 and 1911 is misunderstood by most of us. “Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view.�
This being said, it is blatant that Cubism has more to it than just ambiguous forms or elements made by artist in a cubical format. A ground breaking moment for Cubism was the posthumous retrospection of Paul Cezanne’s work at the Salon d’Auttomne in 1907, so much that you can almost say that Paul is the Godfather of Cubism. From that day to this day, Cubism has been a part of us in some form or the other. Now theoretically speaking you might notice a cubical space in your day to day lifestyle, well some individuals even work in a “cubicle”. But this cubicle can be converted into an art work just by adding a spoonful of aesthetics, a dash of colour palette and by garnishing all this with the mood of your environment as well. The two major branches of this artistic movement were ‘Synthetic Cubism’ and ‘Analytical Cubism’. Now the names mentioned above give a rough idea of what the art movement was about and what the sub categories of the movement meant. However there is more to it than is visible on the surface. This article mainly focuses on Analytical cubists and their ideology or as we can say, way of revealing their true selves to the masses of the time thereby trying to create a indistinct and obscure bond between the two. Although being an ‘artist’ at that time was not considered a big deal, the irony is now, each of these ‘worthless’ paintings are sold for millions, going up to $4m. Some of them are exclusive and kept in museums or art galleries because though certain things can be recreated; it is very hard to instil the originality of it. This article or magazine for that matter could be considered as a tribute to these artists’ marvellous work, which they thought went in vain but actually turned out to be revolutionary masterpieces.
Few of the well-known cubists were Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, George Braque and many more among them. The close collaboration between Picasso and Braque beginning in 1909 was crucial to the style’s genesis. The two artists met regularly to discuss their progress, and at times it became hard to distinguish the work of one artist from another (as they liked it). Just like a parent nurturing their child, Picasso and Braque considered cubism as their first born and treated it with all the love and devotion they had in them. Both were living in the bohemian Montmartre section of Paris in the years before and during World War I, making their collaboration easy. In fashion you have a trend or a style and sometimes it ends up lasting for more than you presumed it to last? Art movements also face a similar situation is what I’d say because as the prominence of Picasso and Braque reduced, you could notice this name called the ‘Salon Cubists’ almost everywhere. They might not have been as popular as the other guys, sure, but they were a significant part of that era. These artists left their mark by using simple natural forms and converted them into artwork by minimising the complexity of those forms into basic geometric elements. Now the reason why the term ‘basic’ immediately triggers a thought or a phrase in your mind that - “Less is more.” is because these paintings may seem effortless yet you can find some meaning to it. Usage of colour was almost non-existent, however you notice this soothing monochromatic filter applied to each one of them. A colour palette of grey, blue and ochre would most certainly be swatched somewhere either on a palette or on the artists’ hand (because being clumpsy is also a definition of an artist apparently), as these are their basic necessities. Picasso and Braque (two of the very well known Cubists) somewhat agreed in their interpretation of Cubism as a movement, as similarity in their working styles were noticed or it was more like you could notice glimpses or rather a new interpretation of Braque’s work in Pablo’s paintings. Filthy rich people own masterpieces and do nothing to glorify the painting; they just tend to buy paintings that go with the theme of their false ceilings or wall colour, etc to create an aura or ambience for their house. Well the newsflash is that, it is time that we started crediting these artists the way they deserved to be by adjusting the interiors of your home according to the painting you purchase.
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